Architecture
Harem
Harem (Arabic: حريم ḥarīm, "a sacred inviolable place; harem; female members of the family"), also known as zenana in South…
Qa’a room
The Qa'a is a roofed reception room found in the domestic architecture of affluent residences of the Islamic world. It…
Zenana
Zenana (Persian: زنانه, Urdu: زنانہ, Hindi: ज़नाना), literally meaning "of the women" or "pertaining to women," contextually refers to the…
Zellige
Zellige (Arabic: الزليج; also zelige or zellij) is mosaic tilework made from individually chiseled geometric tiles set into a plaster…
Yeseria
Yeseria is a technique of carving plaster used by the Spanish Moors like also by the post-Reconsquista's Mudéjar architecture. Plaster…
Shabaka window
Shabaka are stained glass windows made by national Azerbaijani masters, without glue or nails. Shabaka fill walls and window openings…
Mocárabe
Mocárabe, Honeycomb work, or Stalactite work (Arabic al-halimat al-'uliya, "the overhang") is an ornamental design used in certain types of…
Compass-and-straightedge construction
Compass-and-straightedge construction, also known as ruler-and-compass construction or classical construction, is the construction of lengths, angles, and other geometric figures…
Girih tiles
Girih tiles are a set of five tiles that were used in the creation of Islamic geometric patterns using strapwork…
Girih
Girih (Persian: گره, "knot") is a decorative Islamic geometric artform used in architecture and handicraft objects, consisting of angled lines…